Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Armed with a bamboo sword, and cloaked in long black armor, a teacher faces his students in intense combat. This is the Japanese ...

Shigeru Aoki, kendo teacher and torch bearer for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics sits at the gymnasium of a primary school in Fukuoka TOKYO (Reuters) - Shigeru Aoki weathers the assault by his young student, ...

Wu Chin-pu (吳金樸) still visits the kendo dojo at Tamkang University in Tamsui District (淡水), New Taipei City (新北市), every Wednesday to teach students the way and spirit of kendo, as he has for decades.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shigeru Aoki weathers the assault by his young student, who whacks him on the head with her bamboo sword until she suddenly stops, takes a few steps back and, slightly out of breath, ...

TOKYO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Shigeru Aoki weathers the assault by his young student, who whacks him on the head with her bamboo sword until she suddenly stops, takes a few steps back and, slightly out of ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shigeru Aoki weathers the assault by his young student, who whacks him on the head with her bamboo sword until she suddenly stops, takes a few steps back and, slightly out of breath, ...

TOKYO — Shigeru Aoki weathers the assault by his young student, who whacks him on the head with her bamboo sword until she suddenly stops, takes a few steps back and, slightly out of breath, bows.